the standard

7-15-09

It is going to be a long day.

Tammy is out the rest of the week, and even though I don’t spend all day chatting with her, she is good company even when we are both immersed in our work day. We are each others second set of eyes when an account looks screwy and a way to let off steam when the boss is being annoying. Plus, we can chit chat about just about every topic under the sun. It is quite lonely when you are in the corner by yourself.

For the longest time I struggled to get the red OUT of my hair. Now, when I have decided to be an unnatural red head for a while, it is impossible to keep it in. I don’t wash my hair like I used to, hoping that it will preserve the chemicals I had scrubbed into my hair a week ago. Yet as I look in the mirror this morning, despite the slight red undertones, the vibrant, fun red I had chosen is long gone. I know that being out in the sun doesn’t help. It undoubtedly fades it quicker. I may have chosen the wrong time of the year to sport the red I was looking for. I was hoping that my hair would be rocking for my trip in a couple weeks. I may get one of the non permanent ones to do a touch up right before. Less harsh, and it will give the color a nice boost.

My mission is clear this afternoon when I get home, the house needs some TLC. The clutter has reached epic proportions, especially in the bedroom. One of the main problems in there is that there is a lot of stuff blocking our window, which I would like to clear since it would allow more air flow. It has been hot, and I think any help would be good. The other big one is our desk in the living room. The pile of paperwork that needs to be gone through has grown, and I want to try to organize it quickly to make every neat again. Plus, when the onslaught of ants everywhere (they are in the tub!!) I want to give them no excuse to be there. Aside from the scouts, there are some definite trails in random places that I have found no food evidence. They invaded a week ago when they targeted our tank of crickets in Bobby’s room. Luckily they didn’t kill Leonard, which was shocking since he was next to his food source. We move Leonard and got more crickets, who were again slaughtered in a massacre. Leonard now resides in the kitchen. But the damage was done. Ants are everywhere. I have sprayed this god awful smelling stuff that is safe for critters and kids, but even though it seems to work temporarily, they just regroup and come back twice as hard. I did a pretty good cleaning of kitchen targets, so now I need to do the rest of the house. I may be able to do a lot of the bedroom cleaning while the boys play out back, too, so that will be all around good.

As much as I appreciate that the quantity of water I drink in the morning forces me to get up to pee a whole lot, there are times in which I wish I had a catheter.

My back is killing me. I think the heat has caused me to toss and turn so much at night that I have been sleeping in odd positions. One of those is sleeping on my stomach, which I never understand how I get there. It isn’t comfortable. My boobs get in my way and really are just a pain in the ass for sleep. If only they were detachable.

I am debating on sending out statements today. It is a bit of work, which is good since it kills time, but more specifically, it means I touched base with them. The boss wants more phone calls, but I just don’t see the point when most of the time you just leave a message, or the call turns into several calls that get you no closer to payment, it takes tons of time, and in that amount of time I could have emailed 15 people and had 12 responses.

Aaarrrgggghhh!! I hate our warranty department! I just don’t understand how they are so behind on processing claims. In addition to that, they don’t seem to grasp that some customers are not going to pay on their account until they get their credits. I have one who has quite a bit of past due, and now she is holding payment until warranty comes in. I tell this to warranty who just replies with, “we will process it when we can, just note the account that credits are due”. As if this is going to make the account look better????

I am happy to report that my morning has picked up a smidge. I was able to get one customer of my portfolio, and another may be removed shortly, which is awesome! These are my problem accounts that really need to be turned over to an attorney, and they finally are.

I need to remember to take home some boxes. One of my projects that keeps sticking its tongue out at me is the book shelves that need to be cleared and removed. I have a couple other large items I am considering moving, like the cat tree and exercise bike that is just in the way at this point since I am not using it. I just need to get things under control. I know it won’t be perfect, but lets face it, if I don’t try I will just go batty.